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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. When does BMR decrease?






2. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






3. What does DASH stand for?






4. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






5. What are healthy sources of fats?






6. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






7. What foods have high quality protein?






8. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






9. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






10. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






11. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






12. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






13. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






14. Fats can lead to some medical problems






15. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






16. What type of people need extra protein?






17. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






18. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






19. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






20. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






21. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






22. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






23. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






24. How many calories/gram is protein?






25. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






26. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






27. Where can you get more vitamin D?






28. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






29. What function is vitamin A?






30. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






31. What is normal albumin levels?






32. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






33. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






34. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






35. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






36. What is RDA of protein?






37. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






38. What function is vitamin D?






39. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






40. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






41. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






42. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






43. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






44. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






45. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






46. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






47. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






48. What is the function of vitamin C?






49. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






50. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?